Samuel Lewis Auxier (1764 - 1800)

Born 1764 in Hampshire County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Brown) Auxier — married 15 Jul 1779 in Culpeper Co., Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1800 at about age 36 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Private Samuel Auxier served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Auxier is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A003878.

Samuel Auxier is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P105632
Rank: Private

Samuel Auxier was born in Hampshire County, Virginia about 1764. He married Sarah "Sallie" Brown in Culpeper County, Virginia on July 15, 1779. Samuel and Sallie owned 180 acres on the head of Copper Creek in Russell County, Virginia which they sold in 1793 before they began the journey into the Big Sandy Valley of Kentucky. They settled their family in the area of Johnson County, Kentucky known as the Blockhouse Bottom. Samuel died in 1800. Samuel was riding with neighbors when his horse spooked and threw him violently against a tree. He sustained serious chest injuries and died a few days later. Sallie died in April of 1862. Samuel and Sarah had nine children including Mary Barbara Auxier who married George Delong Jr.

According to the book, The Big Sandy Valley, Samuel volunteered for the Revolutionary War when he was 15 years old and served in the last 3 years of the war. ^[1] The end of the Revolutionary War was in 1783, so Samuel would have been 15 years old in 1780. This makes Samuel's birth year in 1765 or 1764.

He passed away about 1800 and buried at Auxier #1 cemetery Johnson Co. KY ^[2]

See the pension application of Sarah. It includes testimony by the oldest son of Sarah & Samuel about his burial. It also includes information from the family bible.^[3]

According to Samuel and Sarah's oldest son, Nathaniel, who stated that "of late years we have spelt our names auxier".^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ely, William, The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. (Catlettsburg, Ky., Central Methodist, 1887.). Page 104.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 February 2021), memorial page for Samuel Lewis Auxier (1759–1800), Find A Grave: Memorial #19046628, citing Auxier Cemetery #1, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Joe Roberson (contributor 48033486) .
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Samuel Auxer pension application #W8516 (pdf), transcribed by C. Leon Harris, posted by Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 17 October 2021.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Samuel Auxier", Ancestor # A003878.

• https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/105634
  • This looks to be a duplicate SAR entry to the one in the sticker (at top). The birth year is a better match, given the information above from the book, The Big Sandy Valley. The SAR needs to be informed about this and a merge of the two entries should be done.